Sanja Orozović


Sanja Orozović is Serbian-Hungarian professional basketball player who plays for Skallagrímur of the Icelandic top-tier Úrvalsdeild kvenna. In 2018, she won the Women Adriatic Basketball Association championship with Budućnost Bemax.

Playing career

After playing the previous seasons for Spartak Subotica, Partizan, Athlete Celje, PEAC-Pécs, Okzhetpes Kokshetay and Okzhetpes Kokshetay, Orozović spent the majority of the 2017-2018 season with Budućnost Bemax where she won the Women Adriatic Basketball Association championship on 25 March 2018. In April 2018, she signed with Geas Basket and went on to average 13.7 points in 6 games.
Orozović started the 2018-2019 season with Spartak Subotica, averaging 22.3 points and 10.8 rebounds in 6 games in the First Women's Basketball League of Serbia, before leaving the club in November 2018 and signing with Breiðablik of the Icelandic Úrvalsdeild kvenna. In her first game for Breiðablik, she scored 28 points in a narrow 78-74 loss against Stjarnan, including 20 points in the fourth quarter alone. On 24 November 2018, she scored a season high 32 points in Breiðablik's first victory of the season. For the season she averaged 20.6 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.7 assists.
Prior to the 2019–20 season, Orozović signed with Úrvalsdeild powerhouse KR. In her debut, she scored 25 points, including the go-ahead basket with 15 seconds remaining, in KR's 80-79 victory against Keflavík. On 13 February 2020 she scored 24 points, including the last 6 points of the game, in an 99-104 overtime victory against defending cup and national champions Valur in the Icelandic Cup final four. In the Úrvalsdeild, she averaged 16.6 points and 8.8 rebounds per game. However, the last three games of the season and the whole playoffs were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic in Iceland with KR finishing in second place.
In June 2020, Orozović signed with reigning Icelandic Cup champions Skallagrímur.